With these words I began to ___1___ the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people ___2___, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I ___3___ to be phoned, I wanted to phone. Just one more call.

It started socially—a few calls each day. It seemed ___4___, just a quick chat. Gradually though, the ___5___ got worse. Soon it was ___6___ use, until, finally, addiction.

And it began to affect(影响) my ___7___. During the day I would disappear for ___8___ call. If I couldn’t make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more ___9___, in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else, ___10___ myself just one more call.

I was phoning people and ___11___ messages to make sure ___12___ calls would see me through the day. I used to arrive at friends’ homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the ___13___ “Is it OK if I just use the phone …?” At work, I became ___14___ when my fellow workers tried to ___15___ me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss(with the phone ). Finally, the police caught me ___16___ a phone box that had taken my last one pound coin, and I was ___17___ to see a psychiatrist(心理医生).

I haven’t ___18___ a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it’s several days ___19___ I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are ___20___ people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict.